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Book Chapter

Biodiversity — is it a soap powder?

By Peter Prineas

Book: Is the Biodiveristy Tail Wagging the Zoological Dog

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 0001

10.7882/RZSNSW.1998.020

EISBN: 9780958608503

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A preliminary evaluation of the use of fluorescent pigments to track the movements of the Striped Legless Lizard Delmar impar (Reptilia: Pygopodidae)

By A. Kutt

Book: Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1993

10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.025

EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8

... The Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar is a vulnerable endemic reptile restricted to the native grasslands of southeastern Australia. This study examined the effectiveness of fluorescent powders to track D . impar in its natural grassland habitat. A total of 15 lizards was tracked...

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“Diverse weights and diverse measures”: factors affecting the post-natal growth of the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus and implications for ageing juvenile flying-foxes

By Kerryn Parry-Jones

Book: The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2011

10.7882/FS.2011.020

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3

... rather than milk powder, made no significant difference in the average length of the forearm at birth, but there were significant differences in the subsequent growth of each growth parameter tested, with the pollen supplemented maternal diet providing faster post-natal growth than the milk supplemented...

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Journal Articles

Insect farming and consumption in Australia - opportunities and barriers

Julia Bartrim

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 26–30.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.016

Published: 01 December 2017

... 800 kilograms of crickets per month and approximately 400 kilograms of mealworms (Blackburn pers. comm. 2015). Reflecting the small scale of their operations, prices are high (a 200g packet of cricket protein powder costs $40) Why does this even matter? Do we really need to eat insects? The United...

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Journal Articles

Loss of photoluminescence in wet-preserved rat and bandicoot specimens

Linda M. Reinhold

Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (2): 232–243.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.027

Published: 07 September 2023

... powder (NapiSan Vanish). Pelts were then immersed for four days in a solution made of 100 g of alum (potassium aluminium sulphate) and 100 g of salt dissolved in 1.5 L of cold water. Cairns soft tap water was used, which has a total hardness of 3.6 mg calcium carbonate per L (Cairns Regional Council...

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Journal Articles

First record of predation of a hatchling turtle by the Western tiger snake ( Notechis scutatus occidentalis ).

D. C. Lettoof, A Santoro, C. VL. Swinstead, J. Cornelis

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (4): 773–777.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.017

Published: 04 June 2021

... observed destroying nests. Currently, aspects of the early life history of the oblong turtle such as survivorship rates of hatchlings and the relative impact of known predators remains unknown. However, observations from tracking hatchlings with UV powders during migration to waterbodies after emergence...

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A review of the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea breeding program at Taronga Zoo

Michael McFadden, Simon Duffy, Peter Harlow, Dion Hobcroft, Candice Webb ...

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (3): 291–296.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2008.006

Published: 14 October 2011

... are dusted with Rep-cal calcium powder or Herptivite multivitamin powder on every other feed. Between feeding days, the enclosures are drained and rinsed to remove waste. Most recently, tadpoles have been raised in large 250 litre white plastic tubs. They are usually kept at a density of one spawn, or up...

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Journal Articles

The Man Who Loved Tortoises

Liana Joy Christensen

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (3): 322–331.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2006.005

Published: 17 March 2014

... tunnels), with the occasional soupçon of calcium and mineral powders, and small marine fish like whitebait, was upgraded to a rich mix of blended prawns, squid, fish, beef heart, carrots, algae powder, protein and vitamin supplement and calcium carbonate in gelatine. It worked. Kuchling had other...

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Journal Articles

The maternal behaviour and development of a Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus in captivity

Eva Gonzales, Robert Close

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 175–180.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.017

Published: 17 March 2014

..., little lorikeet mix, pollen. The composition of the milk mixture was: six drops of calcium sandox syrup, glucodin, a few drops of cream and 9.5 g of milk powder in 50 ml of water. The carer kept her contact with the young to a minimum, except where the young initiated interactions. Detailed notes were...

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Journal Articles

Queensland's burrowing bettongs… where old news is gut news

Steve Van Dyck

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (1): 60–68.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.005

Published: 17 March 2014

... had predicted, next month they had been exhausted (October 22nd 1885, I have used up all Powder Shot, and all my collection material, and am consequently doing nothing. I think I have sent you specimens of everything to be got in this district during the present dry time, in a good season and a few...

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Journal Articles

Monitoring the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea on the Crookhaven floodplain at Nowra, New South Wales from 2016-2022 and implications for conservation

Garry Daly, Jeff Bryant, Chris Senior, Sophia Muller Sewell, Michael Smith ...

Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (2): 255–275.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.029

Published: 31 October 2023

...) Hygiene Guidelines was followed. Boots were checked and cleaned for soil, water, or organic material before arriving at survey sites. New disposable, non-powdered gloves were used to handle each specimen. Study area A total of 30 to 34 sites were surveyed systematically (Figures 1 and 2). These ranged...

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Journal Articles

Leaving home but nowhere to go: lessons learnt from almost two decades of Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius monitoring on the Central Coast of NSW

Catherine J Price, Alan Morris, Garon Staines, Robert Payne, Jane Smith

Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 769–783.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.049

Published: 01 December 2018

... reserve alongside Brisbane Water, or fly over the channel to South Kincumber. The birds nest in the grounds of a Catholic Retreat (formerly a Catholic Boys Home). The colour band is an old style plastic band, the new bands are powder-coated metal colour bands. Photo by Christina Port. This photo shows...

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Journal Articles

Semiochemicals of rose aphid, black citrus aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and greenhouse thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

D. Zabaras, S.G. Wyllie, R.N. Spooner-Hart, D. Tronson

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (2): 403–409.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.042

Published: 17 March 2014

... species (only adults for the thrips) were crushed in liquid nitrogen to a fine powder, which was then extracted with hexane (3 mL). The extract was then concentrated to 100 kL. ii) Headspace above crushed insects - One hundred mixed adults and nymphs of each insect species (only adults for the thrips...

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Journal Articles

Ring around the heart: an unusual feature of the crocodilian central circulatory system.

David Jones, Manuela Gardner

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 146–153.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.002

Published: 14 October 2011

... the studies. Animals were fed pieces of chicken, fish or whole mice and rats. Food was enriched with a multivitamin powder and Vitamin E. All surgical procedures and experiments were approved by the University of British Columbia Committee on Animal Care. All Animals were fasted at least 48 hours before...

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Journal Articles

Recolonization by fishes of a rocky intertidal pool following repeated defaunation

R. Lardner, Walter Ivantsoff, Lucy E. L. M. Crowley

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 85–92.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1993.008

Published: 17 March 2014

... of under- graduate biology courses at Macquarie University. All collections were conducted at low- tide with any connections between the pool and adjacent subtidal areas being netted off. Powdered rotenone (3 kg mixed to a paste with bio-degradable detergent and water) was distributed thmughout the pool...

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Journal Articles

Animal welfare and the killing of wildlife by captive bolt in Australia

Stephanie Hing, Jordan O. Hampton, Troy. J. Gibson

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 170–180.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.035

Published: 01 January 2019

... powered by compressed air or CO2, springs, gun powder or propane. The selection of captive bolt type and powerload is dependent on the species and stage of development. High-powered PCB models such as the Magnum XL (Acceles and Shelvoke Ltd) and the Schermer KL (Karl Schermer GmbH & Co) have been...

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Journal Articles

Breeding and development of the endangered Purple-spotted Gudgeon Mogurnda adspersa population from the Murray Darling

Leighton Llewellyn

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (4): 480–510.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2006.021

Published: 17 March 2014

...). These observations were similar to that found in this study and that found by most other authors. Authors indicated that once exogenous feeding of larvae commenced, food such as plankton, powdered milk, powdered egg, brine shrimp and chopped enchytraeid worms were found to be suitable. In this study, aquarium M...

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Journal Articles

Full Issue

Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (2): 1–148.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.042

Published: 08 December 2023

...% sulphuric acid (Sigma-Aldrich). Alum tanning was scaled down from Dimpel (1971), with pelts initially hand-washed with warm water and bleach-free washing powder (NapiSan Vanish). Pelts were then immersed for four days in a solution made of 100 g of alum (potassium aluminium sulphate) and 100 g of salt...

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Book

Care and Handling of Australian Native Animals: Emergency Care and Captive Management

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 0001

10.7882/CHANA.1990

EISBN: 0-949324-29-9

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Journal Articles

The thylacine's last straw: epidemic disease in a recent mammalian extinction

Robert Paddle

Australian Zoologist (2012) 36 (1): 75–92.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.008

Published: 07 September 2012

.... Concerned about his symptoms the veterinarian was called for: Mr Ritchie Veterinary surgeon came to see the spot on tigers tail, sent powders and medicine (Roberts, diary 25/8/1911). The male recovered, but the adult female then fell ill some weeks later. No specific symptoms were recorded...

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